Artichoke trimmer and cutter



Patented July 17,.l923.

issuer] i p misfit I ih'lQEi ARTICHOKE TRIMMER AND CUTTER.

Application filed September 12, 1922. Serial No. 587,675.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr Gunnnmnr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made a newand useful invention-t0 wit, Improvements in Artichoke Trimmers and Cutters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the same. i

apparatus'for trimming 'offthe rough and superfluousleaves and exteriors, of vegetables, particularly artichokes.

An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus intorwhich an artichoke -may be placed and the irregular contour thereof relieved of dry and unpalatable leaves by paring or trimming the same to a. uniform diameter. I I

A further object of the invention is to provide .an artichoke trimming apparatus that will be superior inipoint. of simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction, facility and convenient in use and general efficiency. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such form, because it may be em bodied in other forms,and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims fol-.

lowing the description, it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one'sheetof drawings, I

Fig. 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of an artichoke trimmer and cutter constructed in accordance with my invention. i

Fig. 2 is an end elevationof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken through Fig. 1 on the line 3-3.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged crosssection taken in Fig. 1 on the line 44. p

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings comprises a frame or base 1 adapted to be mounted in a stationary position on a table or work bench readily accessible for operation: Theframe 1 is pro vided with bearings 2 and 3 thereonand in which the shaft 4 is adapted to be rotatably This invention relates'particularly to an,

being clearly within the scope of this intarv movement thereof.

pulley 17 commences the journaledl Thrust collarsc and 6 arear i ranged on the opposite ends of the shaft i for preventing longitudinal disarrangement thereof.'" I i A cone-shaped housing 7 is arrangedadjacent one end ofthe bearing 3 on frame 1 substantially coaxial with the axis of the shaft 4. The housing 7 is provided with a plurality of bearings S arranged peripherally around the flared end thereof and spaced at equidistantintervals, said bearings and housing beingconnected by suitable brackets 9 and. connector members 10 to the frame 1. a

The housing 7 is provided with a plurality of lengthwise extended slots 11 therein, through which a plurality of trimming and sitioned. The opposite ends ofeach of the cutting elements 12 arereduced indiameter to permit theouter ends 13to be journaled in pthe bearings Sand the. inner ends H Yjournaled in the bearing 3 of the. framel;

77 substantially parallels the inner wall thereof. i The plurality of bevel pinions 15 are securely mounted on the shaft ends 14, each of which are arranged inmeshing engagement with a master bevel pinion 16 fixed on the projecting endsof the shaft 4. A belt.

pulley 17 is fixedly mounted on the shaft cutting elements 12 are adapted to be 110-. i

intermediate the ends thereof which said a pulley is. connected with prime mover an engine or the like; I Although the shaft 4 has been illustrated and described with a veither in the nature of. anfielectric motor or.

pulley thereon, it is to be understood as vention to place a prime mover indirect connection with said shaft for obtaining ro- Thus power or movement appliedto the f shaft 4 in rotation which movement is transmitted through the master pinion 16 to the respective cutter f elements pinions15causing them to revolve inlthe same direction within the stationary housing 7. Each of cutting and trimming elements 12 are provided with cutting edges .18 arranged longitudinally throughout the entire circumference thereof. The sharpened edges of said elements project within I the inner face of the housing 7 a distance sufiicient to contact with any article. placed within the said housing; In the ordinary operation of the apparatus the cutter would be started revolving and the cone-shapedbod of an a-TtichOkearran ed Joint in, a 7 i Within the housing 7 so that the rough ex.- teriorand leaves thereon would be trimmed and cut away to a uniform size by the action of the rotary cutters thereon. After remov- .said semen plurality of cutting elements tory to preserving.

ing the superfluous portions of the artichoke the pared and finished article would be removed andthence suitably treated prepara- Having thus described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 11' A device suchas described comprising a frame; a cone-shaped casing mounted on journalec'l in saidfram'e; a rotary shaft on said'frame and driving means-interposed adj'acent said shaft and cutting elements.

"2. A device'such'as described comprising a frame; a cone-shaped casing fixed on said frame; aplurality of cutting elements ournaled l nsaid frame and hav ng the cutt ng edges vthereof a'rrangedparallel with and projecting" inside said casing ivall; a rotary shaft ournaled on said frame; and-driv ng means interposed adjacent said shaft" and cutting" elements.

3. Ardevice's'uch as described comprising,- a frame; 5 a cone shaped caslng'fixed on said frame; plurality of cutting elementsjour naled in said frame and havingl'the cutting edges thereofjarranged' parallel with and ments; a rotary shaft journaled on' said frame and a pinion on said shaft meshing with the pinions on said cutting elements, whereby inunison. A a

51 A devicesuch as de'scribedconiprising a frame; a cone-shaped casing moun'tedon said frame; a plurality of cutting elements journaledin said frame and having the cut- "ting edges thereof projecting within the, in

terior of said casing; pinions mounted on adjacent ends of each of said cutting 'el ements; a rotary shaft 'journaled on said frame; a primewmover connected to said shaft; and a pinion onsaid-shaft meshing with the pinions on said cutting elements, whereby all of said elements'will be driven in unison.

In testimony whereofl have hereunto set 'my handat San Francisco; California; this 6th day'of September, 1922.

JOSEPH GUERRIERI. In presence 'of f 7 LI COLN V; JOHNSON.

all of said elements will be driven 

